Chapter 186 Cao Cao actually values ​​him so much [Subscribe]

The governor's mansion in Changyi is square in shape with layered courtyards.

After entering the mansion, passing through the front yard where official business is handled, you will see an inner lake in front of you.

Insects chirp in the night.

The water from the lake was drawn out, winding and turning, spreading throughout the mansion.

There are four or five independent courtyards on both sides of the lake. After Cai Yong came to Yanzhou, he lived in one of the courtyards.

Cai Yong knew many famous people and had friends all over the world.

When his daughter went out with Cao Cao, he also went out for a stroll, like an inspector general in Yanzhou, walking around everywhere. If he found anything wrong, he would write it down in a small notebook and come back to report it to Cao Cao.

Cai Yong also helped a lot in dealing with local corruption and petty tricks.

Knowing that his daughter had returned, Cai Yong also returned to Changyi.

When Wen Ji entered the room, Cai Yong was reading a book.

Like Cao Cao, he loved reading and never put down his book.

"What is Meng De doing? I want to have a drink with him, but he seems to have no time," Cai Yong asked.

Wen Ji was wearing maple-leaf shoes and walked lightly, "Father, don't go to the governor these days.

He didn't even dare drink tea the whole afternoon, for fear of getting up to go to the toilet and wasting time."

"It will take three to five days before I can have some free time."

Cai Yan pulled out a note written on Cai Hou paper from her sleeve and handed it to Cai Yong:

"Father, take a look at this poem and see how it's written."

“You wrote new lyrics?”

Cai Yong took the poem handed over by Cai Yan and carefully reviewed it: "The beginning is plain and not very good... but with the addition of these few sentences at the end, it becomes profound. The straightforward narration at the beginning becomes an echo of the intention at the end, which is excellent."

"This isn't written by you, by Mende?"

Cai Yan often gave her father comments on the sentimental and narrative poems she had written.

But this time, what was shown to Cai Yong was the Song of Haoli written by Cao Cao in the afternoon.

Cai Yong is a great contemporary figure, and his Confucian rituals, music, poetry, and calligraphy are all at the highest level.

He recognized it as Cao Cao's style at a glance. The description was straightforward, and a kind of spirit was revealed in the gloom.

"Well, if Father saw us coming back from Luoyang, and the scenes of distress we saw along the way, combined with this poem, he would be even more moved."

Cai Yan waved her hand and said, "I have made an appointment with Diao Chan to go to the lake in the courtyard to release a wooden boat together in the evening. We will go out again. I will talk to my father in detail tomorrow." After she finished speaking, she took back "Song of the Haoli" from Cai Yong's hand and went to discuss it with Diao Chan again.

The two worked together with Cao Cao for two years, seeing each other day and night, and became as close as sisters.

"Don't leave in a hurry yet."

Cai Yong called his daughter.

"It has been almost four years since your husband passed away. I, your father, have run around and found you several talented men with good family backgrounds and good family backgrounds. Would you like to take a look at them when you have time?" Cai Yong asked.

Wen Ji's eyes flickered and she spoke eloquently: "Do they have the talent of my father? Do they have the civil and military skills of the governor? I don't want them."

Before he finished speaking, he ran out the door and disappeared.

Cai Yong sat there with a frown on his face.

I spoke four or five sentences to my daughter, and every sentence revolved around Cao Mengde.

When asking her about her marriage, it would be fine if she used her father as a reference, but she also needed Cao Mengde's civil and military achievements?

Cai Yong felt that something was not right, and suddenly realized: "Wen Ji seems to respect Meng De very much. Let her officially recognize Meng De as her father someday."

A father's close friend is his father's best friend. To formally acknowledge a father's close friend is to worship him as an uncle, which can also be understood as a "godfather".

Well...that’s what Cai Yong thought.

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Wen Ji came to Diao Chan's courtyard, and the two girls whispered and talked happily.

She left Diao Chan's courtyard at around midnight. However, she was walking around the inner house of Cao's mansion, so she was safe.

Wen Ji walked home with light steps. When she turned around a waterside pavilion, she suddenly saw Cao Cao still wandering around the house late at night.

This person had just finished the first game and came out from Yu Qing to start the second game.

Hearing Wen Ji's footsteps, Cao Cao tied his outer robe to cover up the swaying, and his steps became steady.

"The governor."

Wen Ji hurriedly performed the ceremony and lowered her head slightly. She saw that Cao Cao's calves were bare under his long robe, and it was obvious that he was only wearing an outer robe.

"It's so late yet you're not going to bed. There's still a lot of things to do tomorrow. How can you not get enough rest?" Cao Cao said seriously.

Wen Ji had been with him for two years, so she was less in awe of him. She quietly defended herself, "It won't delay the work. I just came back from Diao Chan. Didn't the governor sleep too?"

Cao Cao said: "I am different from you. I am going to treat an illness."

When Wen Ji left, she couldn't help but wonder, why come out to treat illness at this time?
Cao Cao glanced at the girl's back. She was becoming more and more charming, like a blooming peach blossom.

The several women in the family each have their own strengths.

Diao Chan is a beauty of national beauty, Yu Qing is a beauty with jade-like skin, and Bian Qingyu is a charming and graceful woman.

Bai Ke’s charming beauty and Zou Yuan’s alluring allure.

Mrs. Zou was brought back and also lived in Cao's mansion.

Her current attitude is neither resistance nor submission. Since Wancheng fell into Cao Cao's hands, she has never spoken a word, just going with the flow, speaking when asked, and keeping silent when not asked.

Cao Cao came to a small courtyard in the inner house and climbed through the window as usual instead of going through the door.

The lights in the house were dim.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw a beautiful woman in a jade-white dress sitting beside the couch.

She has an absolutely stunning temperament, with long black hair draped behind her neck and falling to her slender waist.

She sat there, giving people a feeling of being in a static state, yet like a butterfly standing on a branch, ready to flap its wings and dance at any time, a strange beauty combining movement and stillness. She had a white jade belt around her waist, which was so light that it could be held in the hand.

The person sitting there was Bai Ke.

When Cao Cao was away, she did not stay in Changyi, but was secretly responsible for sending and receiving messages, and together with Bian Mei, she served Cao Cao in his attack on Wancheng.

She and Bian Mei came back three or four days earlier than Cao Cao. In the afternoon, they received a message from Cao Cao: they would come in the evening.

As night fell, Bai Ke bathed, changed her clothes, and dressed carefully.

She sat on the couch, holding a light pink embroidered shoe on her left foot and shaking it gently, revealing her snow-white toes with a hint of light blue, and the part of her calf that was well-proportioned and round.

The scientific name of the posture of showing feet picking shoes is Xiufangdou.

This foot, this leg...

When it comes to the means of seducing people, Master Bai Ke and his apprentice have the most profound attainments. After all, they are specialized in this, and their skills are different every day.

She looked at Cao Cao, raised the corners of her mouth gently, and walked slowly towards him, wanting to help him take off his coat.

However, as soon as he unbuttoned his coat, Bai Ke closed it again and said in a low voice:
"Aren't you afraid of catching a cold? You jump in through the window again so late at night." As he said this, he turned his waist and reached out to close the window through which Cao Cao came in.

She stretched out her hand to the open window frame, with her waist raised and her posture graceful, and then she felt Cao Cao approaching from behind.

"Don't turn it off. Qingyu's yard is next to it. Will she hear what her master's wife is doing?"

Bai Ke trembled, feeling as if all the strength in her body had been drained away, and she dared not move: "What if Qingyu knew?"

"Let's go together." Cao Cao laughed.

……

Half an hour later, when the tide receded, the two men started talking about business.

"The governor asked me to keep an eye on the movements in Jizhou and Xuzhou."

"Recently, cavalry units from the Xiongnu, Fuyu, and Wuhuan north of Youzhou have jointly invaded the border, but they were all repelled by the Jizhou army, which in turn recruited these defeated cavalry units to join the battle."

"Jizhou wants to use these foreign tribes to help in the war. Obviously, they are targeting Yanzhou."

"But Jizhou is definitely not your opponent." Bai Ke lay aside, drawing circles with his fingers.

Cao Cao leaned back on the couch and said, "You, Qingyu, and some of our Yanzhou generals underestimated Yuan Benchu."

"Although he has the bad habits inherent in the aristocracy, his strategic vision is no less than anyone else's. We must not underestimate him."

"When Yuan Shao left Luoyang and went to Jizhou, Han Fu, the former governor of Jizhou, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, and Liu Yu were all much more powerful than him."

"He first defeated Han Fu and seized Jizhou, and then faced off against Gongsun Zan, who had a strong army and an advantage.

You have to know that Gongsun Zan is not an ignorant man who does not know war. He is known for his bravery and has repeatedly defeated the surrounding nomadic tribes.

However, Gongsun Zan lost to Yuan Shao in the first battle despite having an absolute advantage.

Even if I underestimated the enemy the first time.

But the second time, Gongsun Zan tried his best, but still lost. The third time, the fourth time, and for a year until his defeat, Gongsun Zan organized several counterattacks, but they were all defeated.

Could it be that Gongsun Zan was careless during such a long battle?"

Cao Cao stroked Bai Ke's smooth hair:

“No victory has anything to do with luck; only strength is the reason for victory.

Yuan Shao was actually quite capable, except for his indecisiveness and nepotism. He defeated Han Fu and Gongsun Zan by his own ability.

Bai Ke was stunned for a moment, then sat up from the couch, revealing her infinitely beautiful figure, and then became serious:

"I don't know much about strategy, and I thought you always looked down on Yuan Shao. Is he just an average person?"

"Just because I look down on some of his things doesn't mean he's weak. That's strategic contempt. Tactically, we have to pay attention to it, otherwise we'll fall flat on our face."

"If he was really that easy to deal with, I would have let my troops crush him long ago. Why would I have made so many arrangements to prepare for war?"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and said, “I know Yuan Shao very well.

What you see are just appearances.

Speaking of Dong Zhuo's attack on Luoyang, few people have considered another possibility, that is, Yuan Shao deliberately invited Dong Zhuo so that he could escape unscathed and leave the main branch of the Yuan family in Luoyang.

The Dong Zhuo disaster caused the empire to fall apart, but it also created the best opportunity for him, the most prestigious person in the world."

Bai Ke was shocked: "He wants to kill the main branch of the Yuan family and inherit the reputation and resources of the Yuan family?"

Cao Cao: "I have thought about this matter. It is possible, but unlikely. I am too conspiratorial.

But Yuan Shao must have had similar thoughts. "

"He had a good family background, but he lacked the courage and determination to fight for his life.

He can think of it, but it is difficult for him to actually implement it. At best, he can just go with the flow. "

"Yuan Shao had the arrogance that is unique to aristocratic families. He saw many things clearly, but he looked down on them from a high position. He felt that as long as he did not fight or interfere, things would not get out of his control.

If you look down on him and think he is stupid and incompetent, you are totally wrong. "

Cao Cao was quite talkative about sex, but his hands were not idle either.

"Jizhou has always been the best of the nine states, with grain, industry, and both strategic and civilian resources. With Luoyang and Nanyang being frequently destroyed and lacking in depth, Jizhou is the best place in the world."

"Youzhou, which is adjacent to Jizhou, also has the best war horses in the world."

"Yuan Shao had just conquered Youzhou and was eager to recover. But if he mobilized with all his strength, he could at least raise 300,000 soldiers and horses.

So we must not underestimate him, and we must carefully collect every piece of intelligence, including the details, and consider everything carefully. "

Bai Ke nodded obediently.

Cao Cao changed the subject and said, "Jizhou is equivalent to the vital part of our Han Dynasty. Where do you think Jizhou is below?"

Bai Ke was stunned and said, "It's me, Yanzhou."

"Yes, now, Yanzhou needs you to work hard."

Bai Ke was confused for a long time before he began to react. Jizhou is the chest and abdomen, so where is below?
She took a glance, her face turned redder, her lips slightly opened, and she moved closer to "Yanzhou".

Cao Cao's ears suddenly moved, and he said, "In the courtyard next to you, Qingyu is putting on her coat and seems to be coming over."

Bai Ke's face turned pale in an instant, and even her eyes were filled with fear.

Cao Cao smiled and said, "Are you so scared?"

Bai Ke: "You don't know, although I am only three or four years older than Qingyu, I have been taking care of her since she was brought into the sect. I am her senior sister, and I also take care of her and raise her like a mother and daughter.

Qingyu has always respected me. If she finds you in my room, I will lose all my dignity and I will just die."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "It's not that serious. There are three methods. Which one do you want to use?"

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